Bodega Harbor Inn is a 1920s vintage motor court with 14 individually furnished rooms filled with antiques and personality. A 'great buy' tier with high hospitality standards at accessible pricing, walking distance to Bodega Bay's harbor and a few minutes to the beach. Pet-friendly and family-owned.









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Bodega Harbor Inn is a 1920s vintage motor court that survived the era of cookie-cutter chain motels by being something genuinely different. The 14 individually furnished guest rooms occupy a cluster of charming cottages and a vintage main building, each room outfitted with antiques, vintage textiles, and personality that reflects the owners' eclectic sensibility: quilts, period art, hand-finished furniture pieces. The property maintains the relaxed, slightly weathered character of a true coastal motor court while delivering the level of cleanliness, comfort, and care that elevates it well above commercial motel standards.
The location places guests within a short walk of Bodega Bay's harbor district, restaurants, and shops, with direct beach access just minutes away. The inn is regarded as one of the best 'great buys' on the Sonoma Coast: high standards of hospitality, character, and care at pricing well below the area's larger luxury resorts. Pet-friendly policies welcome travelers with companions. The owners are present and engaged, and the personal hospitality is what most guests describe when they recommend the property to others.

Lisa Scott is the on-site property manager of Bodega Harbor Inn, the 16-room garden-set inn tucked into Old Town Bodega Bay on the bluffs above the harbor. She runs the day-to-day at the inn and its associated Bodega Bay vacation homes: handling check-ins, walking guests through nearby coastal trails, fishing charters, and the Robert Trent Jones-designed golf course next door, and keeping the inn's old-California, antique-furnished character intact across its mix of standard rooms, duplex cottages, and harbor houses.
Bodega Harbor Inn preserves the increasingly rare American motor court tradition: fourteen individually furnished rooms in a 1920s configuration of small detached buildings, each filled with antiques chosen by the family. The property's pet-friendly policy and walking-distance access to the harbor have made it a steady 'great buy' for travelers who prefer character to corporate sameness.